The Employment Development Department (EDD) offers a wide array of services to millions of Californians under Unemployment Insurance (UI), State Disability Insurance (SDI), workforce investment (Jobs and Training), and Labor Market Information programs. As the state's biggest taxation firm, the EDD likewise manages the audit and collection of payroll taxes and preserves employment records for more than 17 million California employees.

Among the largest state departments, the EDD has staff members situated at hundreds of service areas throughout California who supply many essential services to millions each year, consisting of:

- Assisting companies with their labor needs.

• Helping task applicants obtain employment.
• Administering the federally-funded labor force investment programs for grownups, dislocated workers, and youth.
• Assisting disadvantaged recipients in ending up being self-dependent.
• Helping jobless and handicapped workers through the administration of the UI and SDI programs.
• Supporting state activities and benefit programs by gathering and administering employment-related taxes (UI, SDI, Employment Training Tax, and Personal Income Tax withholding).
  
  EDD Branches
  
  Administration Branch Directorate Office Equal Employment Opportunity Office Legal Office
  
  Administration Branch
  
  The Administration Branch provides administrative support to the Department including service operations planning and assistance services, personnel services for EDD employees, and accounting for the Department's annual budget plan.
  
  Directorate Office
  
  The Director's Office orchestrates the direction of the Department to guarantee that programs and services are consistent with the Department's objective and goals. In addition, the Director's Office includes:
  
  Equal Job Opportunity Office: Investigates and solves discrimination complaints filed against the Department by staff members, companies, and candidates for employment and training, and offers consultant services on all elements of equivalent job opportunity. Legal Office: Provides legal guidance and assistance to the Director and Department management in connection with lawsuit, administrative hearings, agreements, legislation, and policy.
  
  Disability Insurance Branch
  
  For job 60 years, the EDD had actually administered the SDI program, which supplies partial wage replacement for California workers who are not able to work due to illness, injury, or pregnancy. Each year, the EDD pays out more than $4.2 billion in Disability Insurance (DI) advantages and receives and processes more than 927,000 claims. The DI Branch likewise administers the Paid Family Leave program and DI Elective Coverage program for self-employed people. likewise have the choice of choosing an alternative Voluntary Plan.
  
  Information Technology Branch
  
  The Infotech Branch is responsible for preparing policy development, system upkeep, support, operations, and oversight of automated options within the Department. The Branch supplies information processing technical assistance and services for among the biggest details technology environments in state government.
  
  Policy, Accountability, and Compliance Branch
  
  This branch supplies essential audit, investigation, survey, assessment, and review services to the programs administered by the EDD and partnering firms. These services assistance programs operate effectively and efficiently, fulfill federal and state statutory and regulatory requirements, and secure billions of dollars in financial assets that pass through the EDD each year. Also serves as the EDD's primary liaison with state and federal elected officials and supplies details, analyses, and policy guidance on legal matters to the Labor and Workforce Development Agency, the Governor's Office, and other governmental entities.
  
  Public Affairs Branch
  
  The General Public Affairs Branch is comprised of Marketing and Constituent Services, Communications, and the Web Content and Usability Group. The General Public Affairs Branch provides outreach, marketing, interactions, training that supports EDD programs and services, and handles the EDD site and social networks pages.
  
  Tax Branch
  
  One of the largest tax collection agencies in the nation, job the Tax Branch handles all administrative, education, client service, and enforcement functions for the audit and collection of UI, DI, Employment Training Tax, and Personal Income Tax (PIT) withholding. Each year, the EDD collects almost $54 billion in payroll taxes, consisting of more than $42 billion in PIT, processes more than 27 million employer payroll tax documents and remittances, and maintains records for more than 16 million workers. The Branch offers a range of payroll tax seminars and workshops, and offers individually services to employers to assist them satisfy their tax commitments.
  
  Learn more information about EDD's Payroll Taxes.
  
  Unemployment Insurance Branch
  
  Established more than 60 years ago, the Unemployment Insurance (UI) program offers advantages to people who have lost their jobs through no fault of their own, are actively looking for work, have the ability to work, and want to accept employment. Each year, the EDD pays almost $6 billion UI benefits and receives and processes more than 2 million brand-new claims. The program is moneyed by mandated company contributions. Additional services supplied under the UI program include Work Sharing, Disaster Unemployment Assistance, and Trade Adjustment Assistance.
  
  Workforce Services Branch
  
  The Workforce Services Branch (WSB) runs one of the biggest public employment services operations in the world using services at numerous service locations statewide and linking one million job applicants with companies each year.
  
  California receives federal Wagner-Peyser funds for work services. Job seeker services consist of job referral, job search workshops, positioning services, and unique support to people who are experiencing difficulty in finding work.
  
  Services to companies include matching job openings with qualified candidates and specialized recruitment projects. The Workforce Services Branch likewise offers CalJOBSSM, an online labor exchange system with countless task openings and job the largest pool of task candidates in California.
  
  The WSB likewise administers several statewide workforce preparation programs and efforts that concentrate on preparing adults and youth for the workforce and building the state's economy. California disperses more than $394 million every year in federal funds to supply training services for adults, dislocated workers, and youth through the America's Job Center of CaliforniaSM(AJCC), formerly understood as One-Stop Career Centers. The AJCC system is a cooperation of regional, state, private, and public entities that supply comprehensive and innovative employment services and resources to satisfy the needs of the California workforce.